TY - JOUR
T1 - Immediate and delayed recall of incidentally learned material
T2 - A comparison of paradigms across three developmental levels
AU - Elliott, Stephen N.
AU - Carroll, James L.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1982/10
Y1 - 1982/10
N2 - Memory of incidentally learned material was investigated across three developmental levels in immediate and delay conditions. Subjects (56 first graders, 56 sixth graders, and 56 college students) were assigned randomly within developmental level to one of four experimental conditions: Type I immediate, Type I delay, Type II immediate, or Type II delay. In the Type I paradigm, subjects looked at pictures but were given no explicit instruction to remember, and in the Type II paradigm, subjects were instructed to remember specific pictures when shown all stimuli. Paradigm interacted with recall condition and significant amounts of incidental learning proved durable for sixth graders and college students. Incidental learning increased with age in both paradigms, suggesting that previously reported divergent developmental trends may not be the result of the type of paradigm.
AB - Memory of incidentally learned material was investigated across three developmental levels in immediate and delay conditions. Subjects (56 first graders, 56 sixth graders, and 56 college students) were assigned randomly within developmental level to one of four experimental conditions: Type I immediate, Type I delay, Type II immediate, or Type II delay. In the Type I paradigm, subjects looked at pictures but were given no explicit instruction to remember, and in the Type II paradigm, subjects were instructed to remember specific pictures when shown all stimuli. Paradigm interacted with recall condition and significant amounts of incidental learning proved durable for sixth graders and college students. Incidental learning increased with age in both paradigms, suggesting that previously reported divergent developmental trends may not be the result of the type of paradigm.
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U2 - 10.1016/0361-476X(82)90020-0
DO - 10.1016/0361-476X(82)90020-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:49049142430
SN - 0361-476X
VL - 7
SP - 357
EP - 364
JO - Contemporary Educational Psychology
JF - Contemporary Educational Psychology
IS - 4
ER -